20 You blemished your honor, and defiled your offspring, to bring wrath upon your children. I was grieved for your folly, (WEB) 21 because the sovereignty was divided, and a disobedient kingdom ruled out of Ephraim. (WEB) 22 But the Lord will never forsake his mercy. He won’t destroy any of his works, nor blot out the posterity of his elect. He won’t take away the offspring of him who loved him. He gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root from his own family. (WEB)
Sirach 47:20–22
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